Longitudinal Associations Between Healthcare Resources, Policy, and Firearm-Related Suicide and Homicide from 2012 to 2016.
Kristen R ChoiAltaf SaadiSae TakadaMolly C EasterlinLiza S BuchbinderDavid C JohnsonFrederick J ZimmermanPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2020)
At the state level, there are protective associations of certain social, healthcare, and firearm policies to firearm-related suicide and homicide rates. Healthcare resources play a role in population-level firearm outcomes but alone are not sufficient to decrease firearm-related homicide or suicide.